Audra McDonald and Christine Baranski wind down their delightfully demented legal thriller, and chaos reigns.
Warning: This post contains spoilers for the series finale ofThe Good Fight.
“Nothing happens here,” says Jay (Nyambi Nyambi).
Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart, André Braugher as Ri’Chard Lane, Audra McDonald as Liz Reddick in ‘The Good Fight’.Elizabeth Fisher/Paramount+
“What we build up one day gets knocked down the next.”
Sonic screwdriver + tricorder + muscle = Jay.
Jay is speaking from the wreckage.
The finale climaxes with white supremacists free-firing into the offices of Reddick-Ri’Chard.
In the aftermath, every window and piece of furniture has bullet holes.
Still, Jay would have a good point if it weren’t for the active shooter.
This courtroom drama’s final case never even became a case.
Fascist goof Felix Staples (John Cameron Mitchell) waltzes in with phony allegations about DeSantis.
The con man’s Ron job provokes a final attorney dialectic.
Isn’t Felix lying?
But wouldn’t this ice DeSantis' presidential chances?
But then wouldn’tthatclear the way for Trump?
But don’t we want that because Trump can’t possibly win?
But didn’t the Democrats think that in 2016?
In the end, the partners pass.
“This has been a waste of a day,” sums up Ri’Chard (Andre Braugher).
A waste and a nothing: How’sthatfor a series finale mood?
It’s weird when Liz (Audra McDonald) lists random clients Diane (Christine Baranski) has helped.
It’s too simple for Kurt (Gary Cole) to quit the NRA.
Witness victory from the jaws of defeat.
Diane and Kurt reconcile.
Diane ditches the villa life, rededicating herself to the law.
The actual shooting is a deftly filmed slice of action.
Robert King directed the episode, and he captures the hide-for-your-life terror.
The whole season has built to this.
Actually, the whole series: UnlikeMad Men, these opening credits really were a prophecy.
The flower pot, the telephone, important books, a purse: They all explode from gunfire.
Nobody dies, which counts as a good 2022 day.
“I like working here,” Carmen (Charmaine Bingwa) tells Jay.
“I still have something to learn here.”
She stays, he goes.
Both-sidesy?Good Fightprivileges one perspective.
Pals Carmen and Marissa (Sarah Steele) say goodbye.
You don’t need to oversell eight Tony Awards.
Just when it all seems a bit tootoo romanceandworkandfriendship all figured out for dear Diane!
the trap door opens.
An episode-long countdown ends with onscreen text: “Time’s Up.”
The women check their buzzing phones.
Donald Trump will run in 2024.
The cycle begins again: Liberal mouths agape as the thrice-married human orange prances back into American history.
I will never listen to “Y.M.C.A.”
And I still haven’t really stopped laughing.
Liz licensed her late father’s IP for half a million dollars a year.
(Classic Tolkien grandchild profit strategy.)
Still, she’s suspicious.
Ri’Chard waves away her fragile sensibilities.
The entertainment will be educational.
But what if the dumb game and the dumb cartoon are dumbing down history?
What happens when the only way to teach moral righteousness is to give kids a digital gun?
This in an episode where, you’ll recall, everyone gets shot at.
Police are useless, explosions are constant.
From the jaws of victory, defeat.
Why not become one more ravager dominating this ruined world or just leave it all behind?
This would be a great time for a speech about fighting the good fight.
Sometimes, the truth is simpler.
I like working here.
Finale grade: A-
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